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mitt romney knows it's not wall street you have to worry about. it's it's sesame street. >> this morning john mccain on the state of the race with the election exactly four weeks away. >>> and skin and bones. matthew mcconaughey goes from this to this. the story behind the actor's startling weight loss today, tuesday, october 9th, 2012. >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> and good morning. welcome to "today" on this tuesday morning. i'm savannah guthrie, and you are? >> i'm matt lauer. >> we're so happy to have you here. >> good to be back. it's been a week. >> i actually requested reunited to get us all in the mood. >> you went right to peaches and herb. >> old school. ♪ reunited >> haven't heard that one in a while. thank you, appreciate it. >> welcome back. >> seems like a busy week. >> very happy to have you back. hard to talk politics with peaches and herbs is playing. >> a lot has happened. >> or big bird coming front and center in the presidential campaign.
mitt romney knows it's not wall street you have to worry about. it's it's sesame street. >> this morning john mccain on the state of the race with the election exactly four weeks away. >>> and skin and bones. matthew mcconaughey goes from this to this. the story behind the actor's startling weight loss today, tuesday, october 9th, 2012. >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>>...
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romney. >> ohio, you know me. you know i mean what i say. you know that i do what i say i'm gonna do. >> reporter: each stump speech punctuated by this now familiar phrase, accusing his rival of conveniently forgetting past positions. >> it's called romnesia. sounds like a classic case of romnesia. you've got to vote to make sure the medicine is there for romney's romnesia. >> reporter: the president also unveiled a 20-page booklet promoting his second-term agenda. >> unlike mitt romney i'm proud to talk about what is in my plan. >> reporter: late tuesday the romney campaign distanced itself from republican candidate richard murdouck of indiana after he made these comments of murder and rape on tuesday. >> i believe that life begins at conception. the only exception i have for -- to have an abortion is in that case of life of a mother. i struggled with it myself for a long time, but i came to realize life is that gift from god, and i think even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape that it is something that god intended to happ
romney. >> ohio, you know me. you know i mean what i say. you know that i do what i say i'm gonna do. >> reporter: each stump speech punctuated by this now familiar phrase, accusing his rival of conveniently forgetting past positions. >> it's called romnesia. sounds like a classic case of romnesia. you've got to vote to make sure the medicine is there for romney's romnesia. >> reporter: the president also unveiled a 20-page booklet promoting his second-term agenda....
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romney said he had a better plan of his own, but he expressed support. i wonder if push comes to shove we will see something like that. if we did, we could have our cake and eat it too. we could have more revenue without hurting growth. >> let me get your take on the debates. we have another debate on monday night. during the last presidential debate a discussion of the increase in gas line over the last four years. you say both answered that wrong. >> yeah. i felt like i was watching pay per view boxing, the physicality of the debate. the almost unintentional coordination of the way they walk up to the stage and walk up to candy crawley. >> that was scary. >> i've never seen anything like it, quite frankly. but on the substance, what you are ask canning, i mean clearly the president does not control the price of gasoline. president obama started giving actually good answer to that saying, you know, it is 1.86 because we were in a big recession. we will get it back to 1. 86 if you get us another big recession. i think he quickly retreated from that becau
romney said he had a better plan of his own, but he expressed support. i wonder if push comes to shove we will see something like that. if we did, we could have our cake and eat it too. we could have more revenue without hurting growth. >> let me get your take on the debates. we have another debate on monday night. during the last presidential debate a discussion of the increase in gas line over the last four years. you say both answered that wrong. >> yeah. i felt like i was...
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president obama and governor romney masks are in demand. the folks at ricky's sent us their latest prototypes. >> you might say, well, this is obvious, two of the most popular halloween masks, but there's some science behind this when it comes to the election. for example, according to "the huffington post,". >> some science. >> this year obama masks are outselling romney masks by more than 30%. we put that in perspective. according to spirit halloween company, figures show that bill clinton outsold bob dole and george bush outsold al gore, bush outsold john kerry and obama outsold john mccain and you know what happened in all of those elections. >> that's a perfect record. >> interesting. >> in halloween masks. >> as i said before, the polls are all over the place, so you know what? maybe it's as good a predictor as any. >> kind of surprisingly. >> another big costume, big bird. >> this one. >> it's huge. >> who is going to be big bird this year? >> yeah. >> nice. >> that looks good, nat. >> apparently what's worse is they are making sexy
president obama and governor romney masks are in demand. the folks at ricky's sent us their latest prototypes. >> you might say, well, this is obvious, two of the most popular halloween masks, but there's some science behind this when it comes to the election. for example, according to "the huffington post,". >> some science. >> this year obama masks are outselling romney masks by more than 30%. we put that in perspective. according to spirit halloween company,...
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and neither has mitt romney. neither one of these candidates have told americans, okay, you're having problems right now, this has been the roughest four years you've had in your entire adult lifetime, we were just talking on the set with steve rattner today, this may be the first time that we've had growth below 2% four years in a row since the 1930s. but mitt romney's a challenger. when people go into the voting booth, they're going to be looking at the guy that's been running the country over the past four years and there's a very simple decision to make. do i rehire him or try the other guy? and really, the burden of proof is on the guy that's been in the white house for the past four years. are his policies working? and where is he going to take us over the next four years. for some reason, savannah, i'm not really sure why, both campaigns decided a year ago that they were not going to be specific about the future. and i think right now that's costing the president a bit more than it's costing mitt romney. >
and neither has mitt romney. neither one of these candidates have told americans, okay, you're having problems right now, this has been the roughest four years you've had in your entire adult lifetime, we were just talking on the set with steve rattner today, this may be the first time that we've had growth below 2% four years in a row since the 1930s. but mitt romney's a challenger. when people go into the voting booth, they're going to be looking at the guy that's been running the country...
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can you deny that the momentum, robert, is firmly on the side of mitt romney right now? >> well, matt, we always expected this to be a very close race, and we expect it as we got closer to election day that the race would tighten even more. we've prepared for that since the beginning of this. but, look, i think it's a discussion of real issues that are going to be what separates these two candidates. you know, your piece that peter just did mentioned, you know, the fact that one more time we've got an example of mitt romney changing a position in publicven though everybody knows what he believes. yes, they are telling "the des moines register" he has absolutely nothing on his agenda to restrict a woman's right to choose when he said in a debate that he'd be happy to sign a piece of legislation that banned all abortions. it's one -- it's one -- look, it's one more thing that we've seen from mitt romney that he's trying to have two different positions as we get closer to voting. >> robert, i'm glad you say it's about real issues, because i have to be honest with you. i per
can you deny that the momentum, robert, is firmly on the side of mitt romney right now? >> well, matt, we always expected this to be a very close race, and we expect it as we got closer to election day that the race would tighten even more. we've prepared for that since the beginning of this. but, look, i think it's a discussion of real issues that are going to be what separates these two candidates. you know, your piece that peter just did mentioned, you know, the fact that one more time...
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. >> romney delivers. the president tries to recover. >> when i got off the stage, i met this very spirited fellow who claimed to be mitt romney. >> the economy is again the central focus. the new jobs numbers drop the unm employment rate below 9%. >> we have made too much progress. >> a sign of recovery as the voters head to the polls. we cover it all this morning. the policy fight emerging from the debate and the policy. what does the debate reveal about these two men? >>> plus, our preview of the vice presidential debate this coming week. this morning, a special panel. obama campaign senior adviser robert gibbs. former republican presidential candidate newt gingrich. hilary rosen. mike murphy. and nbc's chief white house correspondent and political director chuck todd. >>> and finally, what you haven't heard from arnold schwarzenegger this week. a revealing conversation with the former california governor. he talks politics and his personal failings. >> what would you like your sons to learn from your m
. >> romney delivers. the president tries to recover. >> when i got off the stage, i met this very spirited fellow who claimed to be mitt romney. >> the economy is again the central focus. the new jobs numbers drop the unm employment rate below 9%. >> we have made too much progress. >> a sign of recovery as the voters head to the polls. we cover it all this morning. the policy fight emerging from the debate and the policy. what does the debate reveal about these...
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and it flag football game, mitt romney refused to talk politics. romney and president obama are vigorously preparing for their third and final face-off. >> i think the president has a strong record in foreign policy. he went after bin laden. heat decimated al qaeda. he has restored our alliances. >> governor romney worked in international business for many years. he dealt with international relations as a governor. he dealt with the entire world and helping to rebuild the winter olympics. >> crews are setting the stage for the face-off. expect to hear about the war in fghanistan, afghanistaniranan's nuclear defiance. >> i think you see that debates to matter. foreign-policy has been a strain for the president. governor romney has made some political hay. >> that was tracey mitchell reporting. the debate begins at 9:00 p.m. tonight. >> two more cases of fungal meningitis over the weekend. >> getting the right amount of sleep is important. a lack of sleep can hurt student athletes. >> don't forget to e-mail us your response to our water cooler questi
and it flag football game, mitt romney refused to talk politics. romney and president obama are vigorously preparing for their third and final face-off. >> i think the president has a strong record in foreign policy. he went after bin laden. heat decimated al qaeda. he has restored our alliances. >> governor romney worked in international business for many years. he dealt with international relations as a governor. he dealt with the entire world and helping to rebuild the winter...
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mitt romney spelled that out very clearly. the sanctions in place now are only in place because of bipartisan opposition to the president's unwillingness to put these sanctions in place in the first place. look, what we see was a huge difference in defense. we have $1 trillion in defense cuts coming down the pike which will hollow out our military, we don't agree with that. >> sir, you voted for those defense cuts? >> no, i did not support the president's -- you have to understand we have a third round of defense cuts coming. we obviously oboes the obama budget and let's never forget it was the president who insisted that these defense cuts be part of this sequester bill. i wrote the legislation preventing them from happening to cut spending elsewhere so that these devastating defense cuts don't occur but the president has not done a single thing to prevent them from happening. >> tonight governor romney said that the sanctions against iran were working. >> that's right. >> would a romney administration sit down and have bilat
mitt romney spelled that out very clearly. the sanctions in place now are only in place because of bipartisan opposition to the president's unwillingness to put these sanctions in place in the first place. look, what we see was a huge difference in defense. we have $1 trillion in defense cuts coming down the pike which will hollow out our military, we don't agree with that. >> sir, you voted for those defense cuts? >> no, i did not support the president's -- you have to understand...
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romney and as competitive as ohio may be other states may be closer. a nbc news/"wall street journal"/marist poll show a close race in colorado with the two men tied at 48% and while nevada remains close the president is at the magic 50% mark. now, overnight the romney campaign had john sununu release a statement on what he said about colin powell. let me read it to you, matt. colin powell is a friend and i respect the endorsement decision he made, and i do not doubt it was based on anything of the support of the president's policies. piers morgan's question was whether colin powell should leave the party and i don't believe he should. i don't think that's the way the question was and not an apology for how he made the analysis. chuck, stand by. let's bring in david gregory, moderator of "meet the press." >> good morning, matt. >> it's closing argument time and mitt romney seems to be choosing the closing argument from the 2008 campaign i'm the candidate of change. how is it going to resonate with the undecided voters? >> well, i think there's a questi
romney and as competitive as ohio may be other states may be closer. a nbc news/"wall street journal"/marist poll show a close race in colorado with the two men tied at 48% and while nevada remains close the president is at the magic 50% mark. now, overnight the romney campaign had john sununu release a statement on what he said about colin powell. let me read it to you, matt. colin powell is a friend and i respect the endorsement decision he made, and i do not doubt it was based on...
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>> governor romney, here's what we did. there were a whole bunch of oil companies. >> i had a question and the question was how much did you cut them by? >> you want me to answer a question. happy to answer the question. >> mr. president, have you looked at your pension? have you looked at your pension? mr. president, have you looked at your pension? >> you know, i don't look at my pension. it's not as big as yours. >> let me -- >> president obama's advisers promised their candidate would be more aggressive tuesday night, and mr. obama delivered. >> what governor romney said just isn't true. governor romney doesn't have a five-point plan. he has a one-point plan. >> reporter: the president also benefitted from many questions posed by the so-called undecided voters covering issues near and dear to his liberal base, from immigration, to pay inequalities in the workplace allowing mr. obama to talk about the first bill he signed into law. >> the lily ledbetter bill, so we fix that had. that's the example of the kind of advocacy
>> governor romney, here's what we did. there were a whole bunch of oil companies. >> i had a question and the question was how much did you cut them by? >> you want me to answer a question. happy to answer the question. >> mr. president, have you looked at your pension? have you looked at your pension? mr. president, have you looked at your pension? >> you know, i don't look at my pension. it's not as big as yours. >> let me -- >> president obama's...
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i'm not dissing mitt romney. president obama, that's his strength, and i think the expectations are very high for him. i can tell you, going up against mitt romney is not a fun thing. he's -- he has the facts. he drills you. he stays, he's tenacious, and that's the difference between four years ago and this time. john mccain was very passive. let the president, candidate obama do whatever he wants to do. mitt romney will not do that, and here's the strength tonight. >> here's the challenge. on the one hand mitt romney has to connect, needs a second look. has had a rough couple of weeks. everyone acknowledged that. needs to be specific about what a romney presidency would achieve. >> we're not talking about accomplishing a lot. two or three things in an hour and a half to accomplish. one of them is to show he's in command, understands the job of the presidency and put barack obama on the defensive given his horrific record on the economy and on national security, and i think he will do that. i think he will be tou
i'm not dissing mitt romney. president obama, that's his strength, and i think the expectations are very high for him. i can tell you, going up against mitt romney is not a fun thing. he's -- he has the facts. he drills you. he stays, he's tenacious, and that's the difference between four years ago and this time. john mccain was very passive. let the president, candidate obama do whatever he wants to do. mitt romney will not do that, and here's the strength tonight. >> here's the...
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can mitt romney use that to his advantage. can he look at voters and say which president obama is in the room right now, the way that president obama is probably going to say to voters which mitt romney is in the room, the conservative or the moderate? >> sure, absolutely, and president obama has to be very careful not to overcompensate after the bad first performance by coming out tonight by being too negative, being too hot. if he does that it could backfire badly with a very small group of voters that are going to decide this election. >> here's what obama is now saying on the campaign trail. he's saying, quote, after running for more than a year in which he called himself severely conservative mitt romney is trying to convince you he was severely kidding. how does mitt romney answer that question why have you moved to the middle tonight? >> i don't think he has to answer that question. >> i think he does. >> i think the one thing that everybody in this country knows is that mitt romney has had a flexibility were his positi
can mitt romney use that to his advantage. can he look at voters and say which president obama is in the room right now, the way that president obama is probably going to say to voters which mitt romney is in the room, the conservative or the moderate? >> sure, absolutely, and president obama has to be very careful not to overcompensate after the bad first performance by coming out tonight by being too negative, being too hot. if he does that it could backfire badly with a very small...
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round one, romney. an energetic mitt romney comes out firing with a strong performance in the first presidential debate. >> virtually everything he said about my tax plan is inaccurate. your title as a president, you own an airplane and a house, but not your own facts. >> the president did not seem to on his game. can one night change the race? >>> "today" exclusive, matt's rare and revealing interview with facebook ceo mark zuckerberg, how does he deal with the spotlight? and does he take responsibility for his company's recent struggles? >> the question i ask myself and i hear over and over, if a company has a billion customers, how can they not be killing it making money? >> that answer as the social network reaches a major milestone today. >>> and remember the school bus monitor taunted by middle schoolers. what she's doing to turn her story into something positive today, thursday, october 4th, 2012. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> and good morning. welcome to "today" on this thurs
round one, romney. an energetic mitt romney comes out firing with a strong performance in the first presidential debate. >> virtually everything he said about my tax plan is inaccurate. your title as a president, you own an airplane and a house, but not your own facts. >> the president did not seem to on his game. can one night change the race? >>> "today" exclusive, matt's rare and revealing interview with facebook ceo mark zuckerberg, how does he deal with the...
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romney leading. this is an election that will be decided state by satate. how close is this race right now? >> the first debate did shift things. at first a lot of democrats were trying to apiece themselves saying all the movement in the polls is just a bunch of soft republicans who quote, unquote come home to mitt romney. he showed life and all of this, but i have to say the numbers i've seen in talking about campaigns, something shifted fundamentally, and it's a dead heat, but it's one of these but even right after the debate you had the obama caaign, yeah, it's just a dead heat, but we've got all the fundamental advantages in the battleground states and the romney folks would have conceded that. the numbers that have come over the last 72 hours, we're in a real dead heat, and you see that shift. this means, savannah, this debate couldn't be more critical for president obama. if he loses this debate, then you could start seeing momentum just continue to shift to romney, and he would pull ahead in a lot of state. >> that brings me to tom brokaw. we've been
romney leading. this is an election that will be decided state by satate. how close is this race right now? >> the first debate did shift things. at first a lot of democrats were trying to apiece themselves saying all the movement in the polls is just a bunch of soft republicans who quote, unquote come home to mitt romney. he showed life and all of this, but i have to say the numbers i've seen in talking about campaigns, something shifted fundamentally, and it's a dead heat, but it's one...
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we talked this morning and george is leaning toward governor romney. he was impressed last night but he is still undecided. >> harry smith with the wild and woolly chase for the undecided out there. looked like you had a good time at their house. >> i would happy to go back. >> we should revisit after the election. >>> we have more coming up including the simple question what is the deal with gluten all of a sudden? we'll look at why now. >>> but next, he's worth billions, wears the same t-shirt every day and has his hands full in the big boy role of ceo. tonight matt lauer talks to mark zuckerberg. >> do you think the employees are comfortable to walk right up to you and say, excuse me -- what do they calm you, mark? >> mark. >> are they comfortable to come up and ask you questions? >> no one calls me mr. zuckerberg. [ male announcer ] whether it's kevin's smartphone... mom's smartphone... dad's tablet... or lauren's smartphone... at&t has a plan built to help make families' lives easier. introducing at&t mobile share. one plan lets you share data on
we talked this morning and george is leaning toward governor romney. he was impressed last night but he is still undecided. >> harry smith with the wild and woolly chase for the undecided out there. looked like you had a good time at their house. >> i would happy to go back. >> we should revisit after the election. >>> we have more coming up including the simple question what is the deal with gluten all of a sudden? we'll look at why now. >>> but next, he's...
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>> well, there is some good news for romney. he's now right side up, more people have a favorable view of him. but a negative rating in ohio. more people have an unfavorable view of him in ohio than a favorable one. and that's why you'll see him spend a lot of time there. he has narrowed that gap from eight points down to six. he's going to have to get that personal favorable rating. and the president has been pounding him with negative ads. >> where do you see the president's job approval in this poll? >> well, the one thing i would say is a yellow flag for the president is that job approval rating, particularly in ohio. so in florida and virginia, the job approval is at 48%, about matches his ballot. that's what happens, what your job approval rating is and what you end up on a general election ballot is usually the same number. in ohio, he's at 51%, but his job rating's at 47%. it's unusual to overperform your job rating that high. if you're the romney folks, you look at that 47% figure and think, you know what? we've got a r
>> well, there is some good news for romney. he's now right side up, more people have a favorable view of him. but a negative rating in ohio. more people have an unfavorable view of him in ohio than a favorable one. and that's why you'll see him spend a lot of time there. he has narrowed that gap from eight points down to six. he's going to have to get that personal favorable rating. and the president has been pounding him with negative ads. >> where do you see the president's job...
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the romney campaign says it's evidence they have expanded the map. the obama campaign says it's a sign that mr. romney has run out of routes to 270 electoral votes, the number needed to win so they are throwing hail marys in new states. little evidence to back up obama spin on that, savannah. three new polls out from the "new york times" showing the president leading narrowly in three states, pennsylvania, maryland and ohio. >> tamron hall is over at the news desk. new york. >> reporter: offer closing its doors for two days for the first time in its decade they reopen this morning. cnbc's mandy drury is there. mandy, good morning. >> reporter: thanks for that. the lights are own and traders have returned to business. hopefully things returning to normal. mayor bloomberg is ringing the opening bell after two days of being in the dark. we've not seen close here in the markets in the united states for 1888 for two days due to a weather-related event. things that we're look for, stocks impacted negatively by hurricane sandy, hotels, retailers, home impro
the romney campaign says it's evidence they have expanded the map. the obama campaign says it's a sign that mr. romney has run out of routes to 270 electoral votes, the number needed to win so they are throwing hail marys in new states. little evidence to back up obama spin on that, savannah. three new polls out from the "new york times" showing the president leading narrowly in three states, pennsylvania, maryland and ohio. >> tamron hall is over at the news desk. new york....
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meantime, both the president and the republican rival mitt romney are angling to project authority in the face of the present disaster, both abandoning campaign events to speak with emergency officials. we'll have more on this coming up for you in a live report. >>> two nato service members were killed today in southern afghanistan's helmand province. it appears to be the latest in a string of insider attacks. officials say the victims were shot by a man wearing an afghan police uniform. >>> baking giant ubsag announced massive layoffs today on the heels of a $2.3 billion loss for the third quarter. most of the 10,000 jobs cut will be in great britain and in the united states. the layoffs total about 15% of the ubs total work force. >>> one of hockey's premiere events might fall victim to the nhl lockout. espn new york reports that this year's winter classic may be cancelled. the league and players union have not held negotiations in nearly two weeks, and regular season games have been cancelled through november. >>> there appears to be high-level fallout from the apple maps fiasco. t
meantime, both the president and the republican rival mitt romney are angling to project authority in the face of the present disaster, both abandoning campaign events to speak with emergency officials. we'll have more on this coming up for you in a live report. >>> two nato service members were killed today in southern afghanistan's helmand province. it appears to be the latest in a string of insider attacks. officials say the victims were shot by a man wearing an afghan police...
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romney is a good man. he cares about 100% of americans in this country, and with respect to that quote, i think the vice president very well knows that sometimes the words don't come out of your mouth the right way. [ laughter ] >> but i always say what i mean. and so does romney. >> we want everybody to succeed. >> defensing stimulus, biden stayed aggressive. >> you did ask for stimulus money. >> sure he did. >> on two occasions we advocated for constituents who were applying for grants. that's what we do. we do that for all constituents. >> i love that. i love that. this is such a bad program, and he writes me a letter saying -- writes the department of energy a left saying the reason we need this stimulus it will create growth and jobs. his words. and now he's sitting here looking at me. >> reporter: and he went after ryan's stance on abortion. >> my friend says that he -- well, i guess he accepts governor romney's position now because in the past he has argued that there was -- there's rape and forcibl
romney is a good man. he cares about 100% of americans in this country, and with respect to that quote, i think the vice president very well knows that sometimes the words don't come out of your mouth the right way. [ laughter ] >> but i always say what i mean. and so does romney. >> we want everybody to succeed. >> defensing stimulus, biden stayed aggressive. >> you did ask for stimulus money. >> sure he did. >> on two occasions we advocated for constituents...
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romney's also in ohio. and a republican super pac has released a new ad that features clint eastwood who warns that america could not survive a second obama term. >>> hurricane sandy made landfall today in southern cuba with heavy rain and winds topping 110 miles per hour. in jamaica where sandy came ashore wednesday, streets were flooded, one elderly man was killed when a bolder slammed into his house. >>> and in haiti, a woman died there when she was swept away by a river. >>> a teenage suspect arrested wednesday for the murder of colorado schoolgirl jessica ridgeway appears in court today. 17-year-old austin reed sigg lived about a mile away from the 10-year-old jessica who vanished on her way to school earlier this month. her remains were found five days later. sigg is also charged with the attempted kidnapping with a female jogger back in may. >>> and we have a clarification on a story we brought you on wednesday about a new high-speed toll road in texas. it was built with private funding and not a com
romney's also in ohio. and a republican super pac has released a new ad that features clint eastwood who warns that america could not survive a second obama term. >>> hurricane sandy made landfall today in southern cuba with heavy rain and winds topping 110 miles per hour. in jamaica where sandy came ashore wednesday, streets were flooded, one elderly man was killed when a bolder slammed into his house. >>> and in haiti, a woman died there when she was swept away by a river....
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sitting for interviews with local tv stations and governor romney in ohio. the president has a narrow edge 50-47 in the swing state of nevada. >>> police say a new york city nanny used a kitchen knife to kill two young children in her care before stabbing herself. the children's mother had taken her 3-year-old daughter to a swim lesson. then came home to make the grim discovery. the nanny is hospitalized in critical condition. police have not commented on a possible motive. >>> more client names are expected to be released today in the so-called supprostitution r in maine. they are set to release more than 20 alleged johns who hired the zumba instructor for sex. she has pled not guilty in the case. >>> lava is now erupting from two different craters in hawaii. lava could be soon seen from the observation deck. >>> and leave it to the royals to know how to throw a party and prince william's sister-in-law pippa didn't disappoint. she was the center of attention at a book barb for her new party planning book, "celebrate." the halloween-themed party was complete
sitting for interviews with local tv stations and governor romney in ohio. the president has a narrow edge 50-47 in the swing state of nevada. >>> police say a new york city nanny used a kitchen knife to kill two young children in her care before stabbing herself. the children's mother had taken her 3-year-old daughter to a swim lesson. then came home to make the grim discovery. the nanny is hospitalized in critical condition. police have not commented on a possible motive....
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meantime, both president obama and mitt romney have put their campaign trips on hold because of the storm and the need to deal with this aftermath. >>> a deadly school bus accident in northern kentucky monday afternoon, two pre-schoolers were killed when their bus overturned and slammed into a tree. four other children were taken to local hospitals. the bus driver escaped without being harm. the cause of this crash is still under investigation. >>> a shuffle for apple executives after some embarrassing software glitches and retail staff cuts. software chief scott forestall will be leaving next year. the reason, reported lit glitches in apple maps which gave users some faulty directions. >>> a new study out today in "atlantic journal" shows while mammograms provide a life-saving diagnostic tool in the fight against breast cancer, they also cause doctors to treat some women unnecessarily. the british panel found that for every life saved, three women are overdiagnosed, treated for cancer that would never have threatened their lives. >>> the u.s. geological survey says a magnitude 6.2 earthq
meantime, both president obama and mitt romney have put their campaign trips on hold because of the storm and the need to deal with this aftermath. >>> a deadly school bus accident in northern kentucky monday afternoon, two pre-schoolers were killed when their bus overturned and slammed into a tree. four other children were taken to local hospitals. the bus driver escaped without being harm. the cause of this crash is still under investigation. >>> a shuffle for apple...
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but it was kind of surprising how well romney did on that one. i think on this one he did an exceptional job and came out really calling him on stuff and definitely not pulling punches. >>> to watch the dmabt its entirety, go -- the debate in its entirety, go to our website, kron4.com. >>> warmer weather is on the way. today we saw temperatures warmer in the north bay. 89 degrees in nap asame thing in -- napa, same thing in santa rosa. same thing in red wood city. it was a tad cooler closer to the coast line. but that is going to change in the overnight hours and tomorrow afternoon. the winds have started to reverse, coming from the inland valleys. that keeps skies clear and temperatures warmer. tomorrow, widespread 80s. >>> the america's cup racing yacht capsized today during the team's training session. this is video showing the team trying to pull the yacht to land out of the san francisco bay. there was such a strong wind that as the team turned the boat, the front of the yacht's nose dived and tipped over. all crew members are safe. each tea
but it was kind of surprising how well romney did on that one. i think on this one he did an exceptional job and came out really calling him on stuff and definitely not pulling punches. >>> to watch the dmabt its entirety, go -- the debate in its entirety, go to our website, kron4.com. >>> warmer weather is on the way. today we saw temperatures warmer in the north bay. 89 degrees in nap asame thing in -- napa, same thing in santa rosa. same thing in red wood city. it was a tad...
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people collected items for storm victims with mitt romney in ohio. >> it is part of the american spirit, and to give to people who are in need. >> back to work, folks. >> the president visited a red cross office with a message. a promise of personal help. >> i told the mayors and governors if they are getting no for an answer, they can call me personally at the white house. >> if they call this afternoon, they will not be able to reach the president at the white house. he will be flying to new jersey. >> how has sandy impacted trick- or-treating? >> white house has called off the annual halloween party. some places have ask kids to stay inside. i'm sure in baltimore you're seeing trees down. >> disappointing for the kids. >> maryland lost two days of early voting. the polls will reopen today at 8:00 a.m. anyone in line at 9:00 p.m. will get to cast their ballot. an additional day has been added. they have requested the deadline to request an absentee ballot. more information on our website, wbaltv.com. >> a handful of students will spend another day at home today. >> we will run them do
people collected items for storm victims with mitt romney in ohio. >> it is part of the american spirit, and to give to people who are in need. >> back to work, folks. >> the president visited a red cross office with a message. a promise of personal help. >> i told the mayors and governors if they are getting no for an answer, they can call me personally at the white house. >> if they call this afternoon, they will not be able to reach the president at the white...
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that's what romney wants to do. romney says not me. take a listen. >> governor romney's central economic plan calls for a $5 trillion tax cut on top of the extension of the bush tax cuts that's another trillion dollars and $2 trillion in military spending. >> i don't have a $5 trillion tax cult. the scale you're talking about, my view is we have to provide tax relief to the people in the middle class. >> reporter: all right. two contending points there. only one of them can be right. paul singer as fact checker there tonight, who is right? >> mitt romney does have tax cuts in his plan. the issue is is it really a $5 trillion tax cut. because he says if it will make more revenue because it creates more job, those people then start paying taxes, so it doesn't actually cut revenues to the government. but there are cut in the tax rates that individuals pay. i'm not sure how to count whether that is or is not a tax cut. >> reporter: okay. so bottom line, $5 trillion, not $5 trillion or there is no bottom line? >> the r
that's what romney wants to do. romney says not me. take a listen. >> governor romney's central economic plan calls for a $5 trillion tax cut on top of the extension of the bush tax cuts that's another trillion dollars and $2 trillion in military spending. >> i don't have a $5 trillion tax cult. the scale you're talking about, my view is we have to provide tax relief to the people in the middle class. >> reporter: all right. two contending points there. only one of them can...
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he looked romney right in the eye and romney game it back to him. we're showing the intense moments. what did you make of that? >> the president actually was leaning in. he wasn't just looking at romney. his whole body engagement was much closer. it made them seem closer than they were. the one thing that i think the president probably would have been better off not doing in terms of the confrontation is the sarcasm on the line about the battleships. i think that -- >> that was a great line. it was the best line! >> i thought horses and bayonets is a good line. i don't think sarcasm is a great tool to use too often. >> he sunk romney's battleship. >> first of all, we should set this up. after the last debate, one of the 27ons of mitt romney, tagg romney, was the one went on a radio show and he was so upset watching the debate he wanted to take a swing at president obama. it caused a big controversy. at the end of last night's debate, it was captured on video. we might show it here. he actually went up to obama, and it was an interesting moment where
he looked romney right in the eye and romney game it back to him. we're showing the intense moments. what did you make of that? >> the president actually was leaning in. he wasn't just looking at romney. his whole body engagement was much closer. it made them seem closer than they were. the one thing that i think the president probably would have been better off not doing in terms of the confrontation is the sarcasm on the line about the battleships. i think that -- >> that was a...
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romney's team says the governor's momentum will continue. the obama camp praised the president's performance after his lackluster debate two weeks ago. >> he had a great debate tonight. >> the thing i liked about this debate, it was so real. >> reporter: social media has latched on to romney's comments about hiring women when he was governor of massachusetts. >> brought us a whole binders full of women. >> all he simply meant was he went out of his way to recruit qualified women to serve in his administration as governor. >> reporter: they debate one more time on foreign policy next week. danielle nottingham, cbs news, the white house. >> be sure to check our exclusive presidential forum on cbssf.com. every day, the candidates weigh in on a different issue. >>> nike is cutting its ties with cyclist lance armstrong. the company is citing insurmountable evidence that he participated in doping and misled the company for more than a decade. the clothing and footwear company says it's ending armstrong's contract with great sadness. the company sa
romney's team says the governor's momentum will continue. the obama camp praised the president's performance after his lackluster debate two weeks ago. >> he had a great debate tonight. >> the thing i liked about this debate, it was so real. >> reporter: social media has latched on to romney's comments about hiring women when he was governor of massachusetts. >> brought us a whole binders full of women. >> all he simply meant was he went out of his way to recruit...
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romney is the guy who gets stuff done. your man doesn't seem to be able to get it done. >> again, with all due respect that's a caricature, he does have the capacity to do that but there's no question the congressional republicans made a decision once they had the power to not do anything that would give obama any advantage going into the re-elect. that's power politics, he's a big boy. obama had to deal with that. but the idea there's a real, real superiority on one side or the other in dealing across a dysfunctional divided washington -- >> who better than a private equity deal maker to keep america out of bankruptcy and start growing again? who better? you guys are great. thanks for hanging out. matt miller, alex castellanos. that's it for this evening's show. i still think romney is a conservative reformer and i thnk he won the debate last night. bob, these projections... they're... optimistic. productivity up, costs down, time to market reduced... those are good things. upstairs, they will see fantasy. not fantasy...
romney is the guy who gets stuff done. your man doesn't seem to be able to get it done. >> again, with all due respect that's a caricature, he does have the capacity to do that but there's no question the congressional republicans made a decision once they had the power to not do anything that would give obama any advantage going into the re-elect. that's power politics, he's a big boy. obama had to deal with that. but the idea there's a real, real superiority on one side or the other in...
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and notust from mitt romney. i think it's, again, it's consistent with this mind-set, there's an intellectual atmosphere that these people have to work within in order to justify a lot of what they do. because you have to be completely disconnected from the real world in order to do things like sell fraudulent mortgages to a state pension fund. if you' actually thinking about that, you're taking somebody's life savings away when you do that. but you can't think about that. >> matt, you quoted the billionaire charlie myunger of berkshire hathaway who said anyone who wants to complain about the wall street bailout should realize they were, quote, absolutely required to save your civilization. what did he mean by that? >> well, again, this group of people bpeieve that allle of civilization depends on their health and their well-being, so when they were threatened, in 2008, when they were all about to collapse, it made absolutely sense to them that they should -that the government should immediately intervene and giv
and notust from mitt romney. i think it's, again, it's consistent with this mind-set, there's an intellectual atmosphere that these people have to work within in order to justify a lot of what they do. because you have to be completely disconnected from the real world in order to do things like sell fraudulent mortgages to a state pension fund. if you' actually thinking about that, you're taking somebody's life savings away when you do that. but you can't think about that. >> matt, you...
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in the first debate between mitt romney and obama viewed romney as better. but if this secretary ond debat close, interpretation will be important. if a voter asks a question, those are things that will be important to watch. what's said in twitter early on will help people define what they think about it. >> you have to look at it in the context of where we are now in this campaign. politico released its ten battleground states, romney leads 50 to 48%. colorado, florida, ohio rk virginia, wisconsin. is the romney comeback just part of a longer narrative, matt. is it something that helps going into this debate? does where we are really play into what voters think. >> i think he's had the best two weeks of his cam pain by far. he's had those two weeks and he's gotten to where it's finally almost a tie. he needs to keep the momentum going otherwise there will be a lot of narratives. the wave has crested and it's turning towards obama. >> we all know ohio, ohio, ohio. it's a critical state where mitt romney is spending a lot of time. here's what his debate prep
in the first debate between mitt romney and obama viewed romney as better. but if this secretary ond debat close, interpretation will be important. if a voter asks a question, those are things that will be important to watch. what's said in twitter early on will help people define what they think about it. >> you have to look at it in the context of where we are now in this campaign. politico released its ten battleground states, romney leads 50 to 48%. colorado, florida, ohio rk...
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if mitt romney really "cares," wouldn't we see it in his priorities? . >>> breaking news to report involving the university of the district of columbia and the bord of trustees issued the right sizing weren't. matt ackland was able to get his hands on and joins us with more. what is a right sizing report? >> reporter: it's to get the university back on track so they don't have to take so much taxpayer dollars too basically fund the overall project. brian, the report is almost 60 pages long and we're getting a chance to look at it. the trustees are basically asking the district government to put up more money to pay for the right sizing plan. the trustos want $21 million to address the plan. it's $11 million typically used for the capital budget and that is to be moved into the right siding budget now. listen to this. the remaining $10 million needed will support its employee separation plan and the report said it can't guarantee the actions relating to faculty and staff alignment won't result in legal action. appears that want report said on average, u
if mitt romney really "cares," wouldn't we see it in his priorities? . >>> breaking news to report involving the university of the district of columbia and the bord of trustees issued the right sizing weren't. matt ackland was able to get his hands on and joins us with more. what is a right sizing report? >> reporter: it's to get the university back on track so they don't have to take so much taxpayer dollars too basically fund the overall project. brian, the report is...
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if romney wins, mr. schumer will browbeat any democrat who even thinks about supporting a simpson-bowles reagan-style reform. if obama wins, the senator will fight the kind of tax deal boehner wants as part of a grand budget compromise. syme to glad the finger pointing has begun without any kind of actual deal on the table. >> look, i think that's kind of silly from "the journal." chuck schumer and democrats are going to go along with what president obama ultimately wants to do. yes, there will be a break or a curve on how far the president goes in some areas, but he's going to be calling the shots on this, and it's clear that he wants a deal and that he's willing to give up some of the things that democrats have been trying to protect for a long time like the sanctity of the entitlement programs as they now exist in order to get it. and then the question's going to be, if you can get some revenue from the republican side, that means tax increases, you're going to get entitlement cuts from the democratic
if romney wins, mr. schumer will browbeat any democrat who even thinks about supporting a simpson-bowles reagan-style reform. if obama wins, the senator will fight the kind of tax deal boehner wants as part of a grand budget compromise. syme to glad the finger pointing has begun without any kind of actual deal on the table. >> look, i think that's kind of silly from "the journal." chuck schumer and democrats are going to go along with what president obama ultimately wants to do....
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while partisan attacks have gone largely quiet in the wake of the storm, republican candidate mitt romney is back to drumming up support today at three events in florida. he plans a major rally friday night in ohio to kick off the home stretch of the campaign. >>> the teen who allegedly confessed to killing 10-year-old colorado schoolgirl jessica ridgeway has been charged as an adult with 17 counts, including four murder charges. prosecutors also say 17-year-old austin sigg sexually assaulted jessica ridgeway f.convicted as an adult, he faces life in prison. his defense team is still trying to send the case to juvenile court. >>> nasa has compiled a first ever list of minerals found on another planet. the curiosity rover on mars finds the soil on the red planet remarkably similar to the volcanic sand found in hawaii. this discovery will help scientists figure out if our neighbor in the solar system could once have supported life. >>> and yet another shark attack in california, but unlike last week's victim the 25-year-old surfer bitten on tuesday has survived. he's been hospitalized and i
while partisan attacks have gone largely quiet in the wake of the storm, republican candidate mitt romney is back to drumming up support today at three events in florida. he plans a major rally friday night in ohio to kick off the home stretch of the campaign. >>> the teen who allegedly confessed to killing 10-year-old colorado schoolgirl jessica ridgeway has been charged as an adult with 17 counts, including four murder charges. prosecutors also say 17-year-old austin sigg sexually...
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mitt romney. >> "b" minus. >> "b." >> tough on mitt romney again, why? >> i just think all these things, it's the old adage accurate but not true styes. things aren't exactly right. >> what didn't you like about -- what did you find in error or slightly slippery in what romney said. >> well, i thought there were a couple of cases when he was talking about syria. when he was talking about we want to keep trying and just want to arm -- we want to arm some of the rebels but we have to figure out who they are. i just think there's so much nuance in these things. basically i hate giving these grades because -- >> i can tell. >> because there's so much nuance in this. it's really hard to give a definitive grade. matt has no problem with that. he was grading right away. >> but especially in the foreign affairs area. >> yeah, i have no problem and saying i made a mistake a day later saying i screwed up. the interesting thing about the debate and sort of saw accuracy as substance on foreign policy in the debate i didn't see mitt romney make any distinction with t
mitt romney. >> "b" minus. >> "b." >> tough on mitt romney again, why? >> i just think all these things, it's the old adage accurate but not true styes. things aren't exactly right. >> what didn't you like about -- what did you find in error or slightly slippery in what romney said. >> well, i thought there were a couple of cases when he was talking about syria. when he was talking about we want to keep trying and just want to arm -- we...
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romney said he "loves big bird" but would end funding to public broadcasting if elected. the rally invites protestors to bring along their favorite muppet. still to come, why companies are trying to get a cut of your sales on craigslist. we'll hear about that later. but first, home, sweet, home numbers. a look at what the data is telling us about the housing recovery. that's next. the housing bubble, lax underwriting, those toxic mortgages. it was really the collapse in real estate got us into this mess of a recession. but some numbers out just this week reveal some good news on the housing front. the data come from realtor.com, and we have andrea geller from coldwell banker is here to go through the numbers. can you actually call this a recovery? > > it's definitely a recovery. we are seeing just all across the countryn good things happening in the markets. > > so you measure this by what? inventory, housing prices, what else? > > absorption of distressed properties and more qualified buyers out there ready to move forward. > > so with a reduction in inventory, obviously
romney said he "loves big bird" but would end funding to public broadcasting if elected. the rally invites protestors to bring along their favorite muppet. still to come, why companies are trying to get a cut of your sales on craigslist. we'll hear about that later. but first, home, sweet, home numbers. a look at what the data is telling us about the housing recovery. that's next. the housing bubble, lax underwriting, those toxic mortgages. it was really the collapse in real estate...
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>> reporter: the romney campaign tells abc news that the focus for mitt romney was getting used to answering questions from different people and sort of jumping around from topic to topic like will take place tonight. as for the obama campaign they say the president focused on getting used to attacking mitt romney really going after him and trying to maybe portray inconsistencies in his positions and proposals. >> we'll see how it works out. thanks. the presidential debate is tonight at 6:00 we'll be carrying it live here on abc 7. >>> much more ahead, including search for missing pilot who took off from half moon bay the area where the coast guard is searching today. >>> new security concerns for a pakistani girl shot by the taliban, and is now being treated in england. the people police are >>> coast guard is searching the waters off half moon bay for a small plane. arizona but did not show up for a scheduled fuel stop in apple valley the pilot's wife reported the plane missing orange single engine tail number n 72 ah. the coast guard says the search will extent 20 miles south from where t
>> reporter: the romney campaign tells abc news that the focus for mitt romney was getting used to answering questions from different people and sort of jumping around from topic to topic like will take place tonight. as for the obama campaign they say the president focused on getting used to attacking mitt romney really going after him and trying to maybe portray inconsistencies in his positions and proposals. >> we'll see how it works out. thanks. the presidential debate is...
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romney at the first debate? >> well, this isn't the first time, if that's the case, and, indeed, shall we say he had kind of a loose relationship with the facts coloring them to favor his own side, and the question is does it matter at this point when we already know that about 95% of the voters have made up their minds and their feelings about the candidates are pretty well baked in. the people watching now are what we call the low information voters. they can't help it, they're busy with other things perhaps, but they're catching up to the campaign now, and they're going by first impressions, and they might not be that familiar with all the context of the figure that is romney is quoting, and this was where president obama could have done a better job of responding on the spot, but i guess he didn't want to appear rude. >> indeed. okay. i should point out that the gallup tracking poll today does have the president five points ahead, but the pew poll, as i said, has mitt romney ahead by four points. anna marie,
romney at the first debate? >> well, this isn't the first time, if that's the case, and, indeed, shall we say he had kind of a loose relationship with the facts coloring them to favor his own side, and the question is does it matter at this point when we already know that about 95% of the voters have made up their minds and their feelings about the candidates are pretty well baked in. the people watching now are what we call the low information voters. they can't help it, they're busy...